I ate a whole habanero once. It was not pleasant but I did it cause some dudes said I was a pussy if I didn't. You just can't make the burning stop. You just can't. I'd do it again though, it was a good laugh and it can't actually hurt you.

I've eaten a few habaneros on a bet/dare, that was enough pain for me. While i like spicy heat, food shouldn't hurt.Someone should tell these yahoo's its better to hold the milk in your mouth, or even better a spoonful of sour cream and just keep it in your mouth.

While I like very spicy foods, I don't like them to the detriment of enjoying one of my favorite pastimes (eating). I've planted a habanero this year but will probably only use it for pickles....I might toss one in a homemade salsa. I just don't see the attraction in this ritual self torture.

I ate a whole habanero once. It was not pleasant but I did it cause some dudes said I was a pussy if I didn't. You just can't make the burning stop. You just can't. I'd do it again though, it was a good laugh and it can't actually hurt you.

karnal:ransack.: WhippingBoy: I'd do something like that if someone dared me.

I ate a whole habanero once. It was not pleasant but I did it cause some dudes said I was a pussy if I didn't. You just can't make the burning stop. You just can't. I'd do it again though, it was a good laugh and it can't actually hurt you.

I've often wondered when it became manly to eat really hot and spicy food? It must be an American thing. I don't see Mexicans, Thai or people from India giving a shiate about how spicy you want your food to be.

Thunderboy:Wouldn't drinking oil (yuck) just make it far worse? I thought alcohol was the best choice for that sort of thing.

Nope, alcohol is the worst thing you can do, even worse than water.

See, the molecule that makes peppers hot (capsaicin) dissolves in alcohol. While at first this makes it sound like a great idea, dissolve and flush it out, what it really does is applies an even coat of the stuff all over the inside of your mouth and your tongue, which means there is no escape.

Trust me, I grow ghost peppers and t.scorps and make vodka infusions with them. You can't taste the heat at all in the shot until after it evaporates off, and then its full out thermonuclear war in your mouth.

No, I'm not dumb enough to drink this stuff myself (other than the first time), I take it to parties and find the biggest drunk guy in there and tell him he's not man enough to do a shot of it. Invariably they say it was nothing, then about 60 seconds later they're begging for the sweet release of death.

Edymnion:Thunderboy: Wouldn't drinking oil (yuck) just make it far worse? I thought alcohol was the best choice for that sort of thing.

Nope, alcohol is the worst thing you can do, even worse than water.

See, the molecule that makes peppers hot (capsaicin) dissolves in alcohol. While at first this makes it sound like a great idea, dissolve and flush it out, what it really does is applies an even coat of the stuff all over the inside of your mouth and your tongue, which means there is no escape.

Trust me, I grow ghost peppers and t.scorps and make vodka infusions with them. You can't taste the heat at all in the shot until after it evaporates off, and then its full out thermonuclear war in your mouth.

No, I'm not dumb enough to drink this stuff myself (other than the first time), I take it to parties and find the biggest drunk guy in there and tell him he's not man enough to do a shot of it. Invariably they say it was nothing, then about 60 seconds later they're begging for the sweet release of death.

Thunderboy:Wouldn't drinking oil (yuck) just make it far worse? I thought alcohol was the best choice for that sort of thing.

I think alcohol is okay, but you'd need a good amount of it. Milk is supposed to be best because of the casein. (I think.) It binds with the pepper's oils and carries them away from your tongue. So, really, what I personally think would be best is to take a white Russian, add vanilla ice cream, and blend it into a milkshake.

Also, I seem to remember something about capsaicin being fat soluble, so oil might help some? Still rather go with the milkfat, though.

I eat a lot of hot food, and I've never had a problem. Also, the only thing that makes my rear end burn is jalapenos and crushed red pepper. I can eat the most facemelting Thai heat and never feel a thing on the back end. I am Indian though, and was raised on spicy curries....

I ate a whole habanero once. It was not pleasant but I did it cause some dudes said I was a pussy if I didn't. You just can't make the burning stop. You just can't. I'd do it again though, it was a good laugh and it can't actually hurt you.

Tell that to the hitter in Dumb and Dumber (mobile = no funny picture...so sorry)

Dancin_In_Anson:While I like very spicy foods, I don't like them to the detriment of enjoying one of my favorite pastimes (eating).

I'm in the same boat. The hottest thing I've got going in the garden is my chile pequin bush, which is a nice little blend of heat and flavor. (To me. To someone who finds jalapenos painful, my pequins would be incapacitating.)

I don't get the appeal of just heat. I want some taste out of the deal, or it's pointless.

Edymnion:No, I'm not dumb enough to drink this stuff myself (other than the first time), I take it to parties and find the biggest drunk guy in there and tell him he's not man enough to do a shot of it. Invariably they say it was nothing, then about 60 seconds later they're begging for the sweet release of death.

That's a lot of effort for taking advatange of drunk people. I question your motivation in life.

I ate a whole habanero once. It was not pleasant but I did it cause some dudes said I was a pussy if I didn't. You just can't make the burning stop. You just can't. I'd do it again though, it was a good laugh and it can't actually hurt you.

I put some of that shiat in my chili on accident. It was just some tomators with habaneros and I thought, 'why not'. took a spoon of chili, as normal, and ate it. My mouth was on fire. It was awesome.

The best part is that nobody else in the house would eat it, so I didnt have to worry about coming home and finding my food gone.

A bowl of hot assed chili while watching TV lets you know you are still alive. The Matrix would have just made it taste like chicken.

ransack.:karnal: ransack.: WhippingBoy: I'd do something like that if someone dared me.

I ate a whole habanero once. It was not pleasant but I did it cause some dudes said I was a pussy if I didn't. You just can't make the burning stop. You just can't. I'd do it again though, it was a good laugh and it can't actually hurt you.

Ahh, CSB time. Not anything like a Bhut Jolokia or scorpion, but one time a friend of mine goaded a pompus asshole into eating a Thai bird chile while we were at dinner. I was across the table from him so I got to see the whole thing. He confidently chewed the thing with gusto, saying, "That's not so bad." Then his face froze, he muttered, "That's the most odd--" and his face turned bright red. I'd never actually seen that happen before, it was hilarious. So was the sweat beading up on his forehead. Then he knocked over the soy sauce scrabbling for his water. Good times, good times.